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VPatented Jan. 29, 1895.

S. A. GIRONE. GAP. PLATFORM SUPPORT.

(No Model.)`

W/TNESSES.'

SETH A. ORONE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CAR-PLATFORM SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,277, dated January29, 1895.

:To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH A. ORoNE, ofthe city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Platform Support, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to railroad passenger cars, and its object is toprovide a new and improved platform support adapted to hold the platformin the proper position, and arranged to conveniently and quickly read just the platform in case of sagging.

The invention consists principally of an an-i gular brace adapted'tosupport with its forward end the platform, and supported at its rear endfrom the car platform in the rear of the car end sill.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure lis a side elevation of the improvement as applied and with thecar in section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same; and Fig. 3is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the brace supporting device.

The improved car platform support, consists principally of braces eachpreferably made in two sections A and A', arranged at angles to eachother with the apex below the end sill B of the car, as is plainlyillustrated in the drawings. The braces are arranged alongside thecenter sills C of the car, and the forward ends of the brace sections Aextend under the platform D of the car to support the latter, while therear ends of the brace sections A are supported from a suitable supportlocated in the rear of the end sills B,

preferably from the body bolster E, as illustrated in the drawings.

By reference to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the forward section Aextends from the apex of the brace upwardly and forwardly, while theother section A of each brace extends upwardly and rearwardly from theapex. The lower or adjacent ends of the sectionsA and A of the brace,abut on opposite sides of an abutment F supported from the end sill BApplication led September 2l, 1894, Serial No. 523,701- (No model.)

and extending vertically therefrom in a downward direction.

The brace section A may be made of a suitable section having its upperfront end ttin g into a socket G, attached to a transversely extendingbeam H secured to the center and side sills and located a suitabledistance in the rear of the platform end beam I,- as shown in Fig. 1.

The lower rear end of the section A is formed with teeth A2 adapted tomesh into correspondingly shaped teeth F formed on the front face of theabutment F, and the said lower end of the section A is engaged by avertically disposed bolt J, secured at its upper end in the end sill B,andl guided in a bearing F2 forming part of the abutment F. Nuts Jscrewing on the lower end of the said bolt J, engage the under side ofthe inner end of the said section A, so that when the said nuts arescrewed up, this end of the section A is raised on the abutment F andconsequently, the forward end of the said section A is pushed upward toraise the platform D in case the latter has sagged, so that the platformfinally assumes again its normal position.

The section A is preferably made in two parts, namely, a T-iron bar anda head A3 adapted to be bolted onto the body bolster E, as is plainlyshown in Figs. l and 2. rllhe forward lower end of the section A', restson and is bolted to a flange F3 forming part of the abutment F, the saidliange extending under the section A and being connected thereto, bybolts K. The upper end ot' the bar for the section A', rests on aiiangeA4 forming part of the head A3 and is secured on the said liangeby bolts K.

Now, by the arrangement described, the platform D is reinforced andstrongly supported by the employment of braces fsupported from a pointof the car frame in the rear of the end sills B, and the said platform,in case it has sagged, can readily be raised and readj usted to itsnormal position by screwing up the nuts J on the bolts J.

The brace section A can be made of malleable iron or other material ofsufficient strength to resist the compressive strain thrown on it by theweight of the platform, but of such a transverse strength that it IOOwould be broken by a blow, as from another platform in case ofcollision. In this case the platform of the other car would be met bythe abutment or bracket F reinforced by the brace Aand the cars would beprevented from telescoping. The platformsupport and anti-telescopingdevice may be used together or separately. In case the device isintended to operate simply as a platform support, thel abutment orbracket and brace may be made lighter than in combination, as in thisthe abutment is simply required to resist a vertical strain, and thebrace will not be called upon to withstand the shock of a collision.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a car-platform support, the combinationof two independent sections arranged at angles to one another anabutment adapted to support the adjacent ends of said sections and meansfor adjusting the end of one section relatively to said abutment,substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-platform support, the combination of two independentsections arranged at angles to one another, an abutment adapted tosupport the adjacent ends of said sections, a head adapted to be securedto the under side of the car and provided with a socket to receive theopposite end of one section, and means for adjusting said last namedsection relatively to the abutment, substantially as set forth.

3. A car platform support, provided with a brace made in sectionsextending at an obtuse angle, one to the other, the adjacent ends of thesections being located under the end sills, one section extendingforwardly and upwardly to support the platform, while the other sectionextends upwardly and rearwardly to be supported from the body braces ofthe car platform, an abutment supported from the end sills and extendingbetween the adjacent ends of the said brace sections, and

means, substantially as shown and described, for raising the lower rearend of the forward brace section at the 4front face of the abutment, asset forth.

4'. A car platform support comprising an abutment supported from the endsills of the car and extending downwardly, the front face of the saidabutment being provided with teeth, an angular brace made in sectionshaving their adjacent ends abutting on opposite faces of the saidabutments, one raised section extending forwardly and upwardly tosupport the car platform, while the other brace section extends from theabutment upwardly and rearwardly to engage at its rear end the bodybolster, and a bolt held in the end sills and engaging the lower rearend of the forward brace section to lift the rear end on the front faceof the said abutment, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a car-platform support, the combination of an abutment having abrace section connected to its rear face and having a threaded bolt, aforward brace section having one end perforated to receive said bolt onthe abutment and a nut screwing on said bolt and adapted to secure thesaid brace section adjustably to the abutment, substantially as setforth.

6. In a car-platform support, the combination of an abutment having abrace section connected to its rear face and having a threaded boltextending parallel to and in front of its front face, a forward bracesection having one end perforated to receive said bolt and adapted tobear on the front face of the abutment and a nut screwing on said boltwhereby the brace section is adjustably secfzured to the abutment,substantially as set orth.

SETI-I A. CRONE.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. I-IosTER, C. SEDGWICK.

